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Sun September 30, 2007
(Some Guy) Ironic RAZR 2 mobile phone, that's marketed as "slim and light weight" crushes a Mercedes (with pic) (18)
(goldcoast.com.au) Interesting Physics expert says time travel can be done .... if you happen to have ten trillion dollars (50)
Wired Interesting Cool article about the stop-motion behind Robot Chicken (14)
(AutoBlog) Strange It wouldn't be the Tokyo Motor Show without one of these extremely Japanese forays into the bizarre (16)
(Daily Press) Interesting Scientists remain frustrated that although they understand nearly everything there is to know about the brain, they still have no idea where consciousness comes from or how it works. Braiiiiiiiins (362)
Yahoo PSA Six Car-Care Myths and Mistakes. Hint: Changing your oil every 3,000 miles? Not really (53)
(Voice of America) Sad Glacier National Park soon to renamed Ice Cube National Park on news that 83% of its ice has melted (31)
Independent Amusing New research "divides sleepers into eight categories, from the socially attentive, intolerant, selfish and anarchic to the snoozers, nappers, feigners and deviants" (13)
Telegraph Interesting UK ____________ broadband ___________ download _____________ times __________ among __________ slowest ___________ in ______________ Europe (45)

Sat September 29, 2007
London Times Obvious 'Best toy of the year' is some crapawful POS that attempts to teach kids crap about science rather than something that lets them blow stuff up (21)
CBS Minneapolis Scary Pennysylvania announces breakthrough in zombie-creation technology (55)
CNBC Weird Ask your doctor if Vfend is right for you. Side effects may include headache, dry mouth, nausea, and hallucinatory visions of Wookiees (20)
CBS News Cool The Space Age turns 50: Happy Birthday Sputnik (26)
(Some Guy) Interesting Scientists find evidence that the Fist of an angry God smote the Heathens of America long ago. They just have the date wrong (22)
(Some Guy) Cool Eight creative ways to play Pong (11)
Washington Post PSA TVs with rabbit ears will go dark in 2009. How will my grandmother watch "Matlock"? (59)

Fri September 28, 2007
(Some Guy) Cool Legos? Check. Milk? Check. Ready to build a 3-D scanner--wait, what? (26)
(Phys Org) Cool Old and busted: bridges over water. New hotness: bridges made of water. (w/pic) (28)
(Harvard Gazette) Interesting Research on pigment traces left on classical sculptures show that Greek and Roman artists really made their subjects colorful, gaudy, and more than a little fabulous (pic) (36)
Yahoo Interesting Steve Jobs to hackers: "Told ya so" (75)
(Apple Insider) Dumbass Customer sues Apple over iPhone price cut. Wants $1 million, hug (37)
Reuters Interesting Mysterious radio burst from space boggles astronomers. Jodie Foster unavailable for comment (30)
Network World Cool NIST identifies 56 wicked cool advanced research projects (10)
(N-E-X-T-G-E-N) Asinine Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association angered by offensive word "lesbo" being included in Scrabble game for Nintendo system. If anyone is an authority about offensive content, it's those NIGRs (174)
Jalopnik Interesting Mazda teams up with Facebook to decide who will be the designer of 2018 Mazda3, as well as who needs non-Canadian girlfriend (11)
(Some Guy) Asinine Apple's new iMac? No, Gateway's crappy ripoff clone (73)
Network World Interesting Google buys mobile social networking service (6)
(Handyman Drummer Guy) Cool Living Small: A Tiny (400 sq. ft.) Manhattan Apartment Becomes a Home. How a drummer and web designer built one on his own. Photos and video (78)
Slate Sad Why municipal WiFi networks have failed. Not mentioned: spotty coverage, limited access, snail-like speeds, zero privacy, service restrictions, advertising, registration, client software, competition from telcos, etc (15)
Slate Interesting Why there are only 2 sexes. Heres comes the science (43)
(Some Guy) Obvious Morans who fill their cars with premium gas "are being conned" (286)
(Business Week) Obvious Just in time for your stocks to take an end-of-week slide... Microsoft Excel discovers 65,535 = 100,000. Hope your 401K still uses Lotus 1-2-3 (75)
CNN Interesting The five most commonly misdiagnosed diseases. At least we know it's never lupus (78)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Two scientists claim that global warming can be stopped by mixing up the oceans using giant pipes. You read it on the tubes, so it must be true (36)
Sky.com Obvious Biodiesel use destroying world's rainforests. If hippies owned anything more mechanically sophisticated than Huffy mountain bikes they bartered for $25 worth of couscous on Craigslist, they'd be here complaining (43)
Forbes Obvious Microsoft extends XP sales to June 2008 (56)

Thu September 27, 2007
Yahoo Obvious Yahoo to close podcasting service. Why are they closing it? Well, did you know that Yahoo has a podcasting service? There ya go (6)
(MIT) Cool MIT entrance exams, circa 1869-1870 (36)
Yahoo Interesting Scientists cull DNA from extinct mammoth. In related news, Buffalo wings expected to triple in size (20)
Wired Plug Big fat security hole in AOL's instant messaging client (28)
(Mac Rumors) PSA Apple releases iPhone 1.1.1 update, which renders all unlocked phones useless (50)
AFP Stupid If you really need to relax, you could buy this newfangled "stress-free" milk. Because there's nothing stressful about paying $43 for a quart of milk (28)
CBC Cool Keyur Patel of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory quoted as saying "Dawn will rise in the west" (20)
Wired Obvious Ridley Scott finally answers the question Blade Runner fans have been arguing about for years, is Deckard a replicant? (101)
(Computerworld) Asinine Now that London is a crime-free paradise, Chicago is next to blanket city with cameras scanning for "suspicious" behavior (152)
(WorldCarFans) Unlikely Danish company building Audi TT pickup trucks, and they're in high demand (33)
Aint-It-Cool-News Cool The greatest news in the entertainment industry to be announced since the beginning of time: NBC re-launching "Knight Rider." Bonus: KITT may also be a transformer (67)
AFP Weird If you've ever thought to yourself, "I love my picture window made entirely out of frogs, but it sure inhibits my view of the back yard", the Japanese have good news for you (33)
EITB24 Cool Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the calculator (48)
Scientific American Amusing Study shows moderate alcohol use improves recall of both visual and emotional stimuli. Excessive use causes no physical stimuli, which they refer to in scientific terms as "whiskey dick" (45)
UPI Obvious "Transformers" sequel in the works (117)
YouTube Video The popularity of laserdisc video games hit its peak in the '80s. There was Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, and then there was this one (61)
The Register Amusing Antigua demands $3.4 billion from the U.S. for continued violations of WTO rules and rulings. U.S. offers $500,000, suggesting that they don't really take them seriously (24)
The Register Interesting New Microsoft search engine will let its dozens of users track the worldwide popularity of Salma Hayek. Who says Microsoft doesn't innovate? (9)
(Some Guy) Video Guy snaps 987 Polaroids, turns them into stop-motion animation (34)
ABC News Scary Robotic diet coach will keep you thin, give you a helpful shove when it's time to go down the stairs, fattie (pic) (16)
(Science Daily) Interesting Alzheimer's Disease could be a third form of, uh... dentures or something (9)
Sky.com Interesting Men with testicular cancer more likely to take their ball and go home (5)
BBC Interesting It'll take eight years, but in 2015 we WILL know what Vesta's butthole looks like (11)
London Times Cool How to check the speed of light using chocolate, and why you can't do it with ants (7)
(Some Guy) Obvious Erosion of music industry's digital rights management set to spark price war in mp4... mp3... mp2... mp1... (57)
News.com.au Obvious Tobacco: The new AntiViagra (10)
CBC Interesting World faces helium shortage caused by MRI machines, hoarding by the Lollipop Guild (26)
The Register Obvious Best Buy admits that they try to rape you even before sending you to customer service with "your" computer to get pressured into a service contract (41)
MSNBC Interesting NASA's Department of Making Crap Up imagines how Earth-like extra-solar planets might appear (16)
(Some Instructional Website) Cool Halloween's in 35 days. Get ready by making this neat Green Lantern Ring (43)
(Owlscar Goldman) Cool Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic owl. O RLY? (With cute video) (20)

Wed September 26, 2007
The Scotsman Obvious New study explains why nice guys walk home alone (57)
Fox News Strange Caffeine + Tylenol = EVERYBODY PANIC (40)
The Register Interesting The Three Gorges Dam is pretty much destroying China (35)
(Tech Digest) Cool Truphone has demonstrated a VoIP application working on the iPhone. That's AT&T's business model f***ed then (20)
(Medical News Today) Boobies Breast cancer deaths continue to drop, expected to be knee cancer in 20 years (13)
ZDNet Dumbass Problem: Implementing massive ERP software is expensive and difficult. Solution: Install it around your entire campus before it's done. Problem: It's still an unholy mess, but now armed guards are required too (35)
Telegraph Cool Swedish scientists launched bears into orbit aboard Russian satellite. Satellite and bears to return today (21)
Live Science Dumbass 'Smart' bra does breast cancer screenings for you. Until the battery dies. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen (44)
Network World Cool Unauthorized iPhone apps market flourishing, say developers at Ajax event (3)
Network World Interesting Red Hat faces stiff challenges to move beyond its core technology (11)
Yahoo Interesting Scientists find new species in Vietnam. "It's great news for Vietnam," said some guy with a tenuous grasp on reality (42)
(Some Guy) Interesting Diablo 3.... D? (45)
Canada.com Followup Shirtless tattooed guy who used that stolen iMac to upload photos of himself to Flickr turned himself - and the computer - in to police, saying he "bought it from a friend, who bought it from a friend." Two towns over (13)
Network World Asinine 'Panda virus' victim offers perp plum IT job. … Who says crime doesn't pay? (9)
(AHN.com) Spiffy Some headlines don't need rewriting: "Scientist Takes A Look At Some Of Hollywood's Best Looking Breasts" (185)
London Times Interesting If Microsoft DID buy Facebook, how would they make their money back? (25)
Space Spiffy Astronomers discover new "Halley-like" comet. It's expected to have one legendary hit and then fade into obscurity (17)
(Financial Times) Ironic "Just as war is too important to be left to the generals, scientific conflicts are increasingly too important to be entrusted to the scientists" (49)
Yahoo Cool NASA to embark on asteroid-belt mission. Aerosmith unavailable for comment (10)
(arstechnica) PSA On November 1, the ban on taxing Internet service is set to expire. No word on if this applies to pr0n or not (80)
(The Sports Hernia) Amusing Mark Cuban dances, scares people (13)
Fox News Interesting Wii plans Light Saber remote for new video game. New crop of Star Wars Kid parodies expected to hit YouTube within hours of release (62)
(Some Guy) Interesting Gateway to Tartarus found on Saturn. Where is your Zeus now? (35)
(Neatorama) Cool MIT pranksters nail Harvard again. Duke sucks (126)
(Some Guy) Interesting Robots that game the gamer (5)
NBC 11 Asinine Stanford tuition: $35,000. Room and Board: $10,000. Wasting your parent's money on a Facebook course: PRICELESS (73)
(ScienceDaily) Interesting Scientists find genes controlling female fertility. In other news, the newly-identified genes will be called Diamond, Gold, Cash, and Mercedes-Benz (12)
SeattlePI Spiffy Neuro-robotics expert wins "genius" grant for work perfecting prosthetic hand. All the better to seize Sarah Connor by the neck with (12)
Telegraph Cool Land of the Lost discovered in Vietnam, more than a dozen plant and animal species discovered. Will and Holly strangely unavailable for comment (27)
CBC Interesting According to the National Academy of Sciences man didn't drive the mammoth to extinction, Extra-terrestrials did (19)

Tue September 25, 2007
Yahoo Asinine Hackers broke into a computer at the Department for Homeland Security and had it uploading data to a server in China. For five hours (62)
Deadspin Amusing SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY It's Furries vs Klingons in the ultimate bowling showdown (56)
(Spartan 117) Sad A painstakingly detailed history of the "Halo" universe, including events which aren't in the games, written by someone who has certainly had many girlfriends (23)
Network World Obvious AT&T mints $1 billion networking deal with Treasury Department (9)
CBS Boston Dumbass Halo 3 geeks wait hours in line to pay $70... for scratched discs (50)
Network World Interesting The end of Photoshop funny business? Company claims one pixel out of place is all it takes to spot a fake (34)
Yahoo Interesting Study finds that modern humans retained the survival instincts of cavemen, such as identifying predators, spotting prey, and saving money on car insurance (146)
CNN Cool Global nerdgasm commences. Official Halo 3 discussion forum to the right (491)
Discovery Obvious Japan, China and India race to claim resources on the moon. Apparently, soundstages make good firewood (20)
CNN Asinine CNN asks if Halo 3, the videogame, will outsell Spiderman 3, the movie. Followup article to declare a victor in the case of Apples vs. Oranges (47)
Reuters Dumbass Vivendi calls their iTunes contract with Apple "indecent." Getting more than 70% of the sale price sure is indecent (28)
Network World Obvious IT workers upset with pay, annual salary survey shows (68)
Network World Cool 7 cool new consumer technologies at DEMOfall 07 (17)
(Science Daily) Cool Men with low-pitched voices more likely to reproduce, giving evolutionary explanation for Barry White (39)
Yahoo Scary What the world might be like if Apple Computers never existed (60)
(KTAR) Unlikely Geek dating site gives people whose goal is to watch entire Star Trek series in chronological order an opportunity to score. Well, maybe (22)
PCWorld Interesting Is the PC in your attic worth thousands? The most collectible PC's of all time (40)
London Times Spiffy Halo 3's London premiere expected to be bigger than most movie openings (32)
(KTIV) Scary Carcinogenic mold may affect Iowa corn crop. Don't maize me, bro (18)
AP Interesting Runoff blamed for jump in deformed frogs. Farmers convinced the researchers are jumping to conclusions and may be toadally wrong (9)
Yahoo Spiffy Alaska Airlines to start offering wi-fi on its planes (18)
Reuters Obvious Two-thirds of world's people say "there must be urgent action" to tackle global climate change. In related news, two thirds of people not selling their cars and houses and growing their own food to fight global climate change (38)
(Some Girl) Spiffy Women own more gaming consoles than men. Wait, what? (69)
(Some Guy) Cool Awesome statue of Bart Simpson frozen in carbonite (12)

Mon September 24, 2007
Yahoo Scary Taking microbes into space renders them completely safe. Just kidding, they come back deadlier than ever (127)
(Political Gateway) Amusing First appearance of Fark in Marvel comics? When will Drew appear? (33)
Wall Street Journal Followup Steve jobs issues stern warning to iPhone hackers: "It's a cat-and-mouse game, and we have a lot of really good cats" (67)
AP Interesting Fake acupuncture found to work just as well as real acupuncture for curing back pain. Conventional medicine surrenders to the placebo effect (33)
(Some Nerd) Cool The coolest Ships from various Sci Fi series drawn in scale you'll see all day (80)
ZDNet Cool Steve Wozniak still an uber geek, right down to his nixie-tube watch and his hatred of open source... wait, what? (32)
Yahoo Silly Microsoft in talks to invest in/ruin Facebook (47)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Creationists ‘disprove’ evolution through peanut butter. “"If I open this jar of peanut… I should find new life inside but when we open the jar of peanut butter and look in there, there's no new life." (194)
(Some Tech Guy) Interesting Company introduces free, ad-supported phone service for all your harassment and prank call needs (4)
Network World Interesting Lawsuit charging GPL violation is first ever (22)
Breitbart.com Obvious Parallel universe exists... in submitter's pants (53)
Discovery Misc Neighboring galaxies may be just hobo galaxies riding the rails and looking for handouts (5)
UPI Obvious Microsoft Corp. is campaigning to squelch Google Inc.'s planned $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc. (18)
Wired Silly NASA calls Dawn spacecraft the "Prius of space" -- the only difference being Gore's kid presumably won't get arrested for driving it while drunk (37)
UPI Interesting Jewish group drops its bid to trademark JewTube, but still plans to pursue Jewgle, Yahjew, and Ask Jewves (83)
Slashdot Cool Cave entrances discovered on Mars. News of existence of cave monsters on Mars to be suppressed shortly (14)
Wired Interesting It was 60 years ago today / Harry Truman wrote a memo to say / That the aliens had come to land / And we'd probably be outmanned / So let me introduce to you / the one and only MJ-12 (19)
BBSpot Amusing Bungie releases "Halo 3: Fraternity Edition," Master Chief beer bong helmet included (26)
(Some Guy) Obvious "Final Fantasy VII is not the greatest RPG of all time. In fact, as this list indicates, I wouldn't even rank it in the top fifteen" (197)
(Some Guy) Cool Modder builds second-generation NES, complete with cartridges, from Lego (8)
AP Interesting New internet phone service monitoring software displays ads on your screen based on what is being discussed. Drew develops carpal tunnel closing boobies and beer windows (6)
C|Net Spiffy Ah, yes, just what Windows Vista Business and Ultimate users have been wating for: A downgrade. Wait, what? (36)
iWon Obvious Scientists: "Rising sea levels could flood historic settlement of Jamestown, Virginia." Politicians: "Yawn." Scientists: "And your fancy beach homes." Politicians: "We must do something" (67)
IndyStar Scary Not news: Medical teams being airlifted to Congo. News: To combat Ebola outbreak. Fark: It's the worst in years and one new case is being reported per town per day. EVERYBODY PANIC (18)
(Some Guy) Obvious One GB 20 years ago compared to one GB now (69)
Washington Post Sad The government may shut down the Arecibo Observatory because it needs $4 million for the next three years. The cost of the pointless war in Iraq? About $7 million per hour. You do the math (65)
Kotaku Dumbass "One plus about working with [a] hormonal, facial-hair-growing, frumpy [woman] is that I have found a new excuse to drink heavily. My gut tells me that this woman hasn't been f***ed in years." Game over, blogging Nintendo employee (70)
The Sun Obvious One in 10 people has gone online in search of casual sex, and more women than ever are trying it out. Just not with you. Ever. So stop trying (37)



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